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Unlocking Cellular Control: The Promise of PROTACs
in Disease Intervention
Aishani Kumar, Thendral Yalini, Sunil Kumar C
Affiliated with PES University, Bangalore, India; aishbijit@gmail.com, thendral2002@gmail.com, sunilkumarc@pes.edu
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